Tiya's bookshelf: gimme-gimme en-US Wed, 01 May 2013 05:32:53 -0700 60 Tiya's bookshelf: gimme-gimme 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Husbands 16292157 112 Brad Bell 1616551305 Tiya 0 3.49 2013 Husbands
author: Brad Bell
name: Tiya
average rating: 3.49
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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date added: 2013/05/01
shelves: to-read, 2013-release, come-to-mama, gimme-gimme
review:

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Light the Fire 17191337
Matt can tell there’s more to Kurt than just a great set of pecs. He’s drawn to the big guy’s caring, protective attitude as much as to his muscles. But when push comes to shove, can Matt show Kurt he’s not just a big mouth in a small package?]]>
22 J.L. Merrow 1611524563 Tiya 3
Competent writing still, but there was none of the charm that was abundant in the author's other work. The MCs were forgettable and sounded pretty generic and I didn't connect at all to Kurt and his heartbreaking loss and subsequent moving on with Matt. It all just felt so detached and impersonal.

I wanted to see some personality and at least a flicker of chemistry between the characters, but nada. Everything was just so uninspired. Maybe it's because this wasn't set in the UK - setting was San Francisco, I think - and I missed Merrow's awesomely British narrative. Maybe it's because I didn't even smile once while reading this and that's a first for me when it comes to this author.

Oh, and one other thing. My brain usually provides a Kinks soundtrack when I'm reading a Merrow book, but nothing with this one. This actually bothered me more than anything else. ]]>
3.32 2013 Light the Fire
author: J.L. Merrow
name: Tiya
average rating: 3.32
book published: 2013
rating: 3
read at: 2013/02/02
date added: 2013/02/02
shelves: auto-buy-author, anglo-slut, come-to-mama, gimme-gimme, m-m
review:
From an unknown to me author, this would have been a weak four. But since it's a Merrow and I pretty much have a shrine for her and her awesomeness, this is a disappointing 2.75 stars.

Competent writing still, but there was none of the charm that was abundant in the author's other work. The MCs were forgettable and sounded pretty generic and I didn't connect at all to Kurt and his heartbreaking loss and subsequent moving on with Matt. It all just felt so detached and impersonal.

I wanted to see some personality and at least a flicker of chemistry between the characters, but nada. Everything was just so uninspired. Maybe it's because this wasn't set in the UK - setting was San Francisco, I think - and I missed Merrow's awesomely British narrative. Maybe it's because I didn't even smile once while reading this and that's a first for me when it comes to this author.

Oh, and one other thing. My brain usually provides a Kinks soundtrack when I'm reading a Merrow book, but nothing with this one. This actually bothered me more than anything else.
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Fifty Shames of Earl Grey 14060248 224 Fanny Merkin 0306822008 Tiya 0 3.30 2012 Fifty Shames of Earl Grey
author: Fanny Merkin
name: Tiya
average rating: 3.30
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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date added: 2012/12/30
shelves: gimme-gimme, arc, netgalley, to-review
review:

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<![CDATA[Doctor Sleep (The Shining, #2)]]> 15800656 WHSmith Collector's Edition

Stephen King returns to the characters and territory of one of his most popular novels ever, The Shining, in this instantly riveting novel about the now middle-aged Dan Torrance (the boy protagonist of The Shining) and the very special 12-year-old girl he must save from a tribe of murderous paranormals.

On highways across America, a tribe of people called The True Knot travel in search of sustenance. They look harmless - mostly old, lots of polyester, and married to their RVs. But as Dan Torrance knows, and spunky 12-year-old Abra Stone learns, The True Knot are quasi-immortal, living off the "steam" that children with the "shining" produce when they are slowly tortured to death.

Haunted by the inhabitants of the Overlook Hotel where he spent one horrific childhood year, Dan has been drifting for decades, desperate to shed his father's legacy of despair, alcoholism, and violence. Finally, he settles in a New Hampshire town, an AA community that sustains him, and a job at a nursing home where his remnant "shining" power provides the crucial final comfort to the dying. Aided by a prescient cat, he becomes "Doctor Sleep."

Then Dan meets the evanescent Abra Stone, and it is her spectacular gift, the brightest shining ever seen, that reignites Dan's own demons and summons him to a battle for Abra's soul and survival. This is an epic war between good and evil, a gory, glorious story that will thrill the millions of hyper-devoted fans of The Shining and wildly satisfy anyone new to the territory of this icon in the King canon.]]>
544 Stephen King 1451698844 Tiya 0 The Shining since Jack Torrance pretty much had me by the balls, but I guess - this being a Stephen King book - I can give it a try.

Oh, who am I kidding?

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4.04 2013 Doctor Sleep (The Shining, #2)
author: Stephen King
name: Tiya
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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date added: 2012/12/29
shelves: 2013-release, come-to-mama, gimme-gimme, not-released-yet, 2013-must-read
review:
A sequel, huh? I didn't feel much for Danny when I was going through The Shining since Jack Torrance pretty much had me by the balls, but I guess - this being a Stephen King book - I can give it a try.

Oh, who am I kidding?

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<![CDATA[The Gates (Samuel Johnson, #1)]]> 6762281
Young Samuel Johnson and his dachshund Boswell are trying to show initiative by trick-or-treating a full three days before Hallowe’en. Which is how they come to witness strange goings-on at 666 Crowley Avenue.

The Abernathys don’t mean any harm by their flirtation with Satanism. But it just happens to coincide with a malfunction in the Large Hadron Collider that creates a gap in the universe. A gap in which there is a pair of enormous gates. The gates to Hell. And there are some pretty terrifying beings just itching to get out. . . .

Can Samuel persuade anyone to take this seriously? Can he harness the power of science to save the world as we know it?
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293 John Connolly 1439172633 Tiya 0 3.71 2009 The Gates (Samuel Johnson, #1)
author: John Connolly
name: Tiya
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2009
rating: 0
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date added: 2012/12/29
shelves: anglo-slut, come-to-mama, gimme-gimme, 2013-must-read
review:

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<![CDATA[Rogue Rider (Lords of Deliverance, #4; Demonica, #9)]]> 11512713
Reseph may not know why he mysteriously appeared in Jillian's life, but he knows he wants to stay. Yet when Jillian's neighbors are killed, and demon hunters arrive on the scene, Reseph fears that he's putting Jillian in danger. And once it's revealed that Reseph is also Pestilence, the Horseman responsible for ravaging the world, he and Jillian must face the greatest challenge of all: Can they forget the horrors of a chilling past to save the future they both desire?]]>
432 Larissa Ione 0749955570 Tiya 0 4.37 2012 Rogue Rider  (Lords of Deliverance, #4; Demonica, #9)
author: Larissa Ione
name: Tiya
average rating: 4.37
book published: 2012
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2012/12/29
shelves: gimme-gimme, come-to-mama, 2013-must-read
review:

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<![CDATA[Kings Rising (Captive Prince, #3)]]> 17158532 Damianos of Akielos has returned.

His identity now revealed, Damen must face his master Prince Laurent as Damianos of Akielos, the man Laurent has sworn to kill.

On the brink of a momentous battle, the future of both their countries hangs in the balance. In the south, Kastor's forces are massing. In the north, the Regent's armies are mobilising for war. Damen's only hope of reclaiming his throne is to fight together with Laurent against their usurpers.

Forced into an uneasy alliance the two princes journey deep into Akielos, where they face their most dangerous opposition yet. But even if the fragile trust they have built survives the revelation of Damen's identity – can it stand against the Regents final, deadly play for the throne?

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385 C.S. Pacat 174348495X Tiya 0 4.42 2016 Kings Rising (Captive Prince, #3)
author: C.S. Pacat
name: Tiya
average rating: 4.42
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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date added: 2012/12/23
shelves: to-read, auto-buy-author, come-to-mama, fave-couple-or-threesome, gimme-gimme, m-m, not-released-yet, will-sacrifice-firstborn-for, will-trade-essential-organs-for, work-in-progress
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Aaron (Survivor Stories #1) 16005260
Two years after a terrifying night of pain destroyed his normal teenage existence, Aaron Downing still clings to the hope that one day, he will be a fully functional human being. But his life remains a constant string of nightmares, flashbacks, and fear. When, in his very first semester of college, he’s assigned Spencer Thomas as a partner for his programming project, Aaron decides that maybe “normal” is overrated. If he could just learn to control his fear, that could be enough for him to find his footing again.

With his parents’ talk of institutionalizing him—of sacrificing him for the sake of his brothers’ stability—Aaron becomes desperate to find a way to cope with his psychological damage or even fake normalcy. Can his new shrink control his own demons long enough to treat Aaron, or will he only deepen the damage?

Desperate to understand his attraction for Spencer, Aaron holds on to his sanity with both hands as it threatens to spin out of control.]]>
238 J.P. Barnaby 1623800188 Tiya 0
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4.06 2012 Aaron (Survivor Stories #1)
author: J.P. Barnaby
name: Tiya
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2012
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2012/10/08
shelves: to-read, m-m, gimme-gimme, judging-this-book-by-its-cover
review:
It's Jake Bass on the cover. Jake fucking Bass. I can't NOT buy it. I don't care what that says about my gay porn addiction and how it affects my life choices 'cause Jake Bass.

Oh, and the book has pretty good reviews so there's that.
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Riveted (Iron Seas, #3) 13409405 The New York Times bestselling author of The Iron Duke and Heart of Steel returns to the Iron Seas with a riveting new adventure of steampunk and passionate romance . . . 

A century after a devastating volcanic eruption forced Iceland’s inhabitants to abandon its shores, the island has become enshrouded in legend. Fishermen tell tales of giant trolls guarding the land and of seductive witches who steal men’s hearts. But the truth behind the legends is mechanical, not magic—and the mystery of the island a matter of life and death for a community of women who once spilled noble blood to secure their freedom.

Five years ago, Annika unwittingly endangered that secret, but her sister Källa took the blame and was exiled. Now Annika serves on the airship Phatéon, flying from port to port in search of her sister and longing to return home . . . but that home is threatened when expedition leader David Kentewess comes aboard.

Determined to solve the mystery of his own origin, David will stop at nothing to expose Annika’s secrets. But when disaster strikes, leaving David and Annika stranded on a glacier and pursued by a madman, their very survival depends on keeping the heat rising between them—and generating lots of steam . . .]]>
413 Meljean Brook 0425256049 Tiya 0 3.95 2012 Riveted (Iron Seas, #3)
author: Meljean Brook
name: Tiya
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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date added: 2012/09/10
shelves: to-read, come-to-mama, gimme-gimme
review:

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The Haunted Vagina 60188
Steve is madly in love with his eccentric girlfriend, Stacy. Unfortunately, their sex life has been suffering as of late, because Steve is worried about the odd noises that have been coming from Stacy's pubic region. She says that her vagina is haunted. She doesn't think it's that big of a deal. Steve, on the other hand, completely disagrees.

When a living corpse climbs out of her during an awkward night of sex, Stacy learns that her vagina is actually a doorway to another world. She persuades Steve to climb inside of her to explore this strange new place. But once inside, Steve finds it difficult to return... especially once he meets an oddly attractive woman named Fig, who lives within the lonely haunted world between Stacy's legs.]]>
100 Carlton Mellick III 097624988X Tiya 0 to-read, gimme-gimme Good lord, that blurb. LMAO! 3.17 2006 The Haunted Vagina
author: Carlton Mellick III
name: Tiya
average rating: 3.17
book published: 2006
rating: 0
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date added: 2012/07/22
shelves: to-read, gimme-gimme
review:
Good lord, that blurb. LMAO!
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<![CDATA[Not So Innocent (Shattered Glass, #2)]]> 13420353 Some secrets are worth dying for. Others are worth killing for.

Nikolaj “Cai” Strakosha lives in contradictions—ruthless killer and shy artist, calculated criminal and lovesick teenager. Two years ago, he left Denver with a broken heart and a scheme to take down a state senator. Now he’s back, but his plan is spiraling out of control, and the only option left is to ask for help from the man who rejected him again and again.

FBI Agent Riley Cordova has built his adult life on following the rules and staying in control. But Cai’s return shatters his carefully structured world. The teenager he once easily resisted is now a dangerous young man who makes his heart race—and the forbidden kiss they shared haunts his memories. Riley should stay away, but he’s soon drawn into a conspiracy with deadly consequences. When the bodies start piling up, Riley finds himself breaking every rule to keep Cai safe.

As Cai walks a tightrope of lies and deception, he will face an impossible choice between the promise he made or the promise of a future. And when it turns out that Cai isn’t the innocent victim he appears to be, Riley will have to choose between betraying the Bureau or betraying Cai.]]>
Dani Alexander Tiya 0 3.87 2025 Not So Innocent (Shattered Glass, #2)
author: Dani Alexander
name: Tiya
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2025
rating: 0
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date added: 2012/07/19
shelves: to-read, m-m, gimme-gimme, not-released-yet
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Dress to Kill 22452 best stand-up comedian. His stream-of-consciousness world of cats who wear pants
on their heads, French lessons gone wrong and Bible stories starring James Mason
and Sean Connery have made him an international comedy star in countries where
other comics fear to even try to pronounce things.

Eddie Izzard - Dress To Kill is a no-heels-barred headlong tumble into the mind of the
man who claims that in the early stages of his career he wasn't a household name, he
was a garden shed name (like trowel), but who now wants to play a gig on the moon.]]>
160 Eddie Izzard 1852277637 Tiya 0 4.08 1998 Dress to Kill
author: Eddie Izzard
name: Tiya
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1998
rating: 0
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date added: 2012/07/07
shelves: to-read, gimme-gimme, imaginary-boyfriends, come-to-mama
review:

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<![CDATA[Reaver (Lords of Deliverance, #5; Demonica, #10)]]> 11512718
Reaver is an angel with a past, a record, and a less-than-heavenly attitude. Powerful enough to fight alongside the fiercest battle angels-and crazy enough to risk his wings on a one-way mission to hell-he's agreed to go where no angel has ever gone before...to steal the most seductive and dangerous prize of Satan himself.

ANGEL OF HELL

Harvester is one of the Fallen, a once-heroic angel who sacrificed her wings to work as an undercover agent in hell. But now her cover has been blown, and she's been doomed to an eternity of agonizing torture. Even if Reaver can snatch her away from Satan's lair, even if they can fight their way out of the underworld's darkest depths, there is one thing Harvester can never escape-her newfound thirst for an angel's blood...]]>
383 Larissa Ione 1455526975 Tiya 0 4.40 2013 Reaver  (Lords of Deliverance, #5; Demonica, #10)
author: Larissa Ione
name: Tiya
average rating: 4.40
book published: 2013
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2012/06/13
shelves: to-read, 2013-release, gimme-gimme, not-released-yet
review:

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<![CDATA[The Pythons Autobiography by The Pythons]]> 697789 359 Graham Chapman 0752852930 Tiya 0 4.09 2003 The Pythons Autobiography by The Pythons
author: Graham Chapman
name: Tiya
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2003
rating: 0
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date added: 2012/06/02
shelves: to-read, gimme-gimme, imaginary-boyfriends
review:

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Monty Python's Big Red Book 140535 64 Graham Chapman 0413774201 Tiya 0 to-read, gimme-gimme 4.16 1972 Monty Python's Big Red Book
author: Graham Chapman
name: Tiya
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1972
rating: 0
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date added: 2012/06/02
shelves: to-read, gimme-gimme
review:

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